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Awesome story, this appeared on Salon.com last year: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/06/lear_jet_repo_man http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/0

• _delirium 17y ago
  And oddly, this repeat of it appears in the future: the byline says it was published on May 1, 2010.
  • aaronbrethorst 17y ago
    Nah, I bet it refers to the May issue of the magazine. My understanding is that the cover date on magazines actually refers to when supermarkets and bookstores are supposed to remove them from the shelves. Of course, this results in all sorts of weirdness, like this article being from the 'mysterious future.'
• mattmaroon 17y ago
  I never understand how this happens. The one reporter sees the other article and thinks "hey, I just have to write the exact same story, but in different words!" Then they probably go home to their wives and complain about the massive downsizing in their industry.
  • dcurtis 17y ago
    More like, "Oh, wow, they got a lot of attention from their market! If I write the same thing using different words, I can get lots of attention in my market!" It works.
    • mattmaroon 17y ago
      Isn't everyone's market everyone now?
      • borism 17y ago
        depends on who's "everyone"
    • zitterbewegung 17y ago
      Sort of like cross posting from reddit to digg / news.yc only more time consuming?
  • ubernostrum 17y ago
    I don't understand why we're apparently only ever allowed to have one article on any given subject. Two publications with different target audiences can cover the same thing without plagiarizing each other, after all.